AREA COLLEGES Westminster falls late to Thomas More, 17-3



Grove City beat Muhlenberg to snap an eight-game losing streak.
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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- After trading field goals, Andy Heinl scored on a 61-yard pass from Nate Berkley to put Thomas More in front for good en route to a 17-3 Presidents' Athletic Conference victory over Westminster.
Berkley's touchdown came with 13:07 remaining in the fourth quarter. Colbert had the second touchdown for Thomas More (3-1, 3-0), which outgained Westminster, 327-150.
Jason Lundmark's 21-yard field goal accounted for the only points for Westminster (2-2, 0-1). Sean Buggey carried 28 times for 81 yards for Westminster.
Thomas More converted four of 17 third-down attempts, while the Titans were five of 17 on third down. Combined, the teams punted 16 times.
St. Xavier 35, Geneva 20
CHICAGO, IL. -- St. Xavier scored 28 first-quarter points in beating Geneva.
John Perryman threw two touchdown passes to Andy Ricca, covering 75 and 67 yards, respectively, and Perryman added a 30-yard TD toss to Jarrod Nowman. Perryman was 19 of 30 for 323 yards.
For Geneva, Justin Sciarro threw a pair of touchdowns to Michael Lehman. Sciarro was 16 of 37 for 196 with two interceptions.
Both teams are 3-1.
Thiel 41, Bethany 7
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Steve Minton scored two touchdowns and Shaun Jackson returned a blocked punt 32 yards for the Tomcats (3-0, 1-0) who got off to a 34-0 start at Alumni Stadium.
Mark LaScola also scored on a 53-yard pass from D. Satterfield and finished with six catches for 104 yards. Satterfield was 10 of 16 for 142 yards.
Thiel was better in the red zone, making four of five while Bethany scored just once when inside the 20-yard line twice.
Thiel's defense sacked Bethany's two quarterbacks nine times for a total of 55 yards. Jeff Wagner made 11 total tackles and Logan Malie eight for the Tomcats. Bethany is 1-3, 0-2.
Grove City 16, Muhlenberg 6
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Muhlenberg pulled within 10-6 before halftime, but Ken Roudybush's 1-yard run at 4:22 of the third quarter put Grove City in control as the Wolverines snapped an eight-game losing streak dating back to 2004.
Both of Roudybush's TDs were from 1 yard out.
Grove City (1-3) had a lopsided 35:56 time of possession to 24:04 for Muhlenberg (1-2).
Matt Weil had 15 receptions for 48 net yards. Aaron Margo and Bill Waugh both had eight tackles, while Ross Trimmer made seven stops for the winners.
Malone 34, St. Francis, Ill. 27
JOLIET, IL. -- A.J. Owen scored on passes from Brad Reifsnyder covering 59 and 5 yards for Malone (1-2).
Reifsnyder completed 15 of 27 passes for 195 yards and ran for 50 more as Malone outgained St. Francis, 408-272. The quarterback also had four passes intercepted. Owen had five catches for 107 yards while Jaml Gambrell's eight tackles led Malone.